The Everton Sentinel
Squad23 Aug 2027
Dwight McNeil damages knee ligaments — 92 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 92 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Ricardo Marín breaks a bone — 66 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 66 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jordan Pickford keeps Everton in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ryan Fredericks puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Everton, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Everton
Iliman N'Diaye was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Everton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match21 Aug 2027
Everton get the job done against Leeds United
A 2‑1 win over Leeds United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Matthew Simmons joins the Everton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Simmons is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Edward Cunningham joins the Everton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Edward Cunningham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market David King steps up from the Everton academy
- Match Leeds United blown away early
- Player ratings Oscar Bobb was on a different afternoon to everybody else